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:: COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECTS ::
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Voices
of Great Schools Together |
WILL is interviewing people who come to community planning
forums created by the Unit 4 school district in Champaign.
Voices
of Great Schools Together captures on video some of the
hopes, challenges and perspectives of community members, parents
and students regarding Champaign public schools. |
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Central
Illinois World War II Stories |
WILL is working with community partners to capture and share the
stories of central Illinois World War II veterans and their
families in conjunction with the broadcast of Ken Burns’ "The
War" on PBS in September 2007. |
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Young Learners
Initiative |
WILL-TV’s Young Learners Initiative offers free
books, workshops, publications and more for parents, childcare
providers and teachers. Our Ready To Learn project shows parents
and teachers how to use educational television, children's books
and hands-on activities to increase learning. |
Youth
Media
Workshop
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WILL works with economically diverse African-American youth from
public schools to empower them to make media and social change. |
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University High School Student
Documentaries |
WILL works with students at Urbana University High School to
produce a radio documentary each year. Students learn technical
aspects of radio production as well as storytelling and
interviewing techniques. |
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Tornado Safety
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Each spring, WILL meteorologist Ed Kieser presents a free tornado
safety seminar.
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African-American Life in
Central Illinois |
A series of WILL-TV specials produced in 1968 and 1969 presented
a vivid snapshot of the lives of African Americans in central
Illinois. Now we are engaging the community in an effort to
relate this material to African-American life in Central
Illinois 40 years later. |
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Hoopeston Youth Project |
WILL AM-FM-TV and its partner, Prairie Center Health Systems,
worked with community leaders in Hoopeston to help
young people find a voice, resulting in a new in-school
mentoring program and the addition of teens to a mayor's
council. |
Beyond Brown |
WILL AM and TV received a
$20,000 grant from the Office of the Chancellor at the
University of Illinois to participate in the U of I’s “Brown
vs. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Campus
Commemoration.” WILL worked with a group of
Franklin Middle School students to produce a radio documentary
about how the Brown decision affected students in
Champaign-Urbana.
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Smile Healthy! |
Smile Healthy! is a community-based campaign
aimed at improving oral health and access to dental care in
Champaign County. WILL-AM 580, WBCP-AM 1580 and Champaign County
Health Care Consumers won national grants to launch the
campaign.
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Caregiving |
WILL-TV and AM 580 worked with area service agencies to provide
programming and resources to caregivers.
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Decatur Dropout Programs |
WILL-TV and AM 580 produced a series of programs looking at
the high school dropout problem in Decatur schools.
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By the People: America in the World |
WILL-TV received a $10,000 grant from the PBS initiative By
the People: America in the World to examine how U.S. foreign
policy affects Champaign-Urbana, with a particular emphasis on
the international student population.
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POV Refrigerator Mothers
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WILL-TV sponsored a
preview screening of the PBS national program P.O.V:
Refrigerator Mothers with partner Project CHOICES. A
follow-up discussion on autism with a medical and education
experts as well as mothers of children with autism was broadcast
on AM-580 at a special evening time.
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A Day in Our Hometown Series
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WILL-TV's A Day in Our Hometown series focused on stories
about central Illinois locations through the video productions
of the people who live in the communities. Programs have
featured Danville, Decatur and Bloomington-Normal.
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